An Abeokuta High Court has sentenced a man, Lebaran Abass, to death by hanging for trailing a bank customer and robbing him at gunpoint.
Justice S. A. Olugbemi on Tuesday found Mr Abass guilty of two-count charges of conspiracy and armed robbery.
Olugbemi ruled that evidence before court showed that the convict committed the offences.
The prosecutor, Aderonke Adefisoye, had told the court that the convict committed the offences on February 28 in Ilaro, Ogun.
Adefisoye said that the convict robbed one Mr Adebusuyi Afolabi of N998,000 shortly after he withdrew the sum from a bank.
“The accused and his gang would stay within bank premises waiting for customers who will withdraw huge amounts of money, and trail them to the point of collecting the money.
“The complainant withdrew his money from a bank located at Owode Yewa and went to the motor park to board a commercial vehicle to Idi-Iroko.
“The accused pointed a gun at Afolabi and collected the bag containing N998,000 from him and jumped onto a standby motorcycle and escaped,” the prosecutor said.
